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Dutch and British companies (Royal Dutch Oil, Shell Transport and Trading) merge to form Royal Dutch Shell Oil
An Entente signed between Britain and Russia follows on from the 1904 Entente Cordiale with France to establish a new Triple Entente
Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce build their most famous car, the Silver Ghost, in the factory they have set up in Derby
Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev presents five concerts of Russian music in Paris
Gertrude Stein meets Alice B. Toklas, who becomes her secretary and lifelong companion
A separatist party in Spain, Solidaridad Catalana, makes electoral gains in Catalonia
Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, a violent transition into cubism, is a turning point in western art
James Joyce completes the eight short stories eventually published in 1914 as Dubliners
The world's first custom-built motor-racing track opens at Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey
Frederick Delius completes Brigg Fair, an 'English Rhapsody' for orchestra, first performed in Liverpool in 1908
Samuel Simon, working in Manchester, takes out a patent for the use of silk to support a stencil
The first International Horse Show takes place in London's Olympia stadium
Swedish playwright August Strindberg publishes The Ghost Sonata, which has its first performance in Stockholm the following year
The British liner Lusitania sets a new record for the Atlantic crossing, on the first of four such occasions
Anna Pavlova dances The Dying Swan, choreographed for her by Michel Fokine to music by Saint-Saëns
Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys, the success of which leads to the establishment of the Scouts
Rat, Mole and Toad, in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, appeal to a wide readership
The king of Portugal, Carlos I, and his heir, Luis Filipe, are shot as they ride in an open carriage in Lisbon
Anatole France casts a satirical eye on human society in his novel L'Île des pingouins ("Penguin Island")
UK prime minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns because of ill health and is followed as Liberal leader and prime mininster by Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George becomes chancellor of the exchequer in Asquith's new cabinet
Without financial support from his mother, Hitler ekes out a meagre living painting postcards and advertisements
Sergei Diaghilev presents Fyodor Chaliapin in Boris Godunov at the Paris Opera
The Liberal government in Britain introduces an old-age pension, albeit only five shillings a week.
Georges Braque's Houses at L'Estaque introduces analytic Cubism
